1965 Victorian Trials Championship

Table of Contents

Series Regulations
Events
Pointscores

The 1965 Victorian Trials Championship was expected to be closely fought between factory Fords and the new Holden Trials Team. However, the Ford dominance continued with five wins to Holden’s one. While Reg Lunn won three events, it was Harry Firth and Graham Hoinville who emerged as state champions for a second time despite only winning one event, the final round in their Cortina GT.

To see what else happened during 1965 in Victorian rallying, go to the 1965 year page.

To see other years of the Victorian Rally Championship, go to the VRC page.

Series Regulations

There were no specific restrictions on the kinds of events that could be rounds of the VTC. All events were timed to the minute, but there were virtually no tied placings. Most events had a significant degree of navigation.

Only the outright award was given. Points were awarded 30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 for first to tenth with the best five of seven results to count.

Events

There were only six rounds in the 1965 series, with the best five results to count.

Pointscores

The following tables have a few entries missing but the totals are correct.

Drivers Pointscores

Place	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1	Harry Firth		27	24	24	18	30	123
2	Bruce Woodfull		30	27	18	21	18	114
3	Bob Watson	15		15	21	30	27	108
4	Reg Lunn	30	9	30	30	?	?	105
5	Tony Roberts		12	18	9	24	24	87
6	Ken Harper	27			12		21	63
7	Frank Kilfoyle		24	21		15		60
8	Laurie Graham	21	18					39
9	Clem Dunn	24		12				36
10	Bill Hartigan				15	6		33

Navigators Pointscores

Place	Navigator	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1	Graham Hoinville		27	24	24	18	30	123
2	Jim McAuliffe	15		15	21	30	27	108
3	Bob Forsyth		30	27	18	21		96
4	Peter Haas		12	18	9	24	24	87
5	Mike Flanagan	27			12		21	63
6=	Geoff Thomas			30	30			60
6=	Roger Abraham		24	21		15		60
8	Martin Hartigan		21		15			55
9=	Ian Inglis	18	18					39
9=	Ian Johnson	24		12				39